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Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (and Don’t Come Back!) (1980)
Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcie travel to France as foreign exchange students. Also along is Snoopy and Woodstock. While everyone is excited about the opportunity to travel to…
Cloud Dancer (1980)
An aerobatic pilot comes to terms with his work, his photographer ex-lover and a brash newcomer.
Pray TV (1980)
A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, which is actually just an excuse…
The Long Days of Summer (1980)
In this sequel to his 1978 “When Every Day Was the Fourth of July” (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more of his youth during…
The Gong Show Movie (1980)
A week in the life of “The Gong Show” host and creator Chuck Barris.
Carny (1980)
Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional triangle.
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more…
The Hollywood Knights (1980)
Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from drag racing to Vietnam to…
The Long Riders (1980)
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank…
Fame (1980)
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
The Return of the King (1980)
Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron’s forces in a final battle.
Maniac (1980)
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and local girl American models and takes their scalps as trophies.
The Nude Bomb (1980)
When KAOS develops a bomb that can dissolve all clothing, Maxwell Smart is brought in to foil the evil plot.
Friday the 13th (1980)
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child’s drowning.
Gorp (1980)
Pranksters cause trouble at a summer camp for rich kids.
Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
After a new cannery introduces scientifically augmented salmon to a seaside town in the Pacific Northwest, a species of mysterious, mutated sea creatures begin killing the men and raping the…
Beyond Evil (1980)
Middle-aged newlyweds Larry & Barbara spend their honeymoon at a palatial Filipino mansion, unaware that it is inhabited by the vengeful spirit of a notorious voodoo witch queen who was…
Gideon’s Trumpet (1980)
True story of Clarence Gideon’s fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court’s decision which extended this right to…
Kagemusha (1980)
Akira Kurosawa’s lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When…
Heart Beat (1980)
An exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and Cassady’s wife, Carolyn.
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
The Private Eyes (1980)
The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord’s ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one, causing Inspector Winship and…
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner’s long lost daughter, who mysteriously…
Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when…
The Gambler (1980)
This Western adventure, inspired by Kenny Rogers’ hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he had, teams up with…
The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic…
Die Laughing (1980)
A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for…
The Psychotronic Man (1980)
A man discovers that he has psychotronic powers–the ability to will people to die. He begins exercising that power.
The Return (1980)
Two young children and an adult in a small town have an encounter with an alien spaceship. 25 years later the children are reunited as adults in the same town…
Serial (1980)
A man resists the California fads that his wife, friends and wealthy Marin County neighbors embrace.
When Time Ran Out… (1980)
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property’s developer and a drilling foreman.
Tom Horn (1980)
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job…
Poto and Cabengo (1980)
Documentary by Jean-Pierre Gorin about twin girls who spontaneously developed their own unique language as children.
Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.
Little Miss Marker (1980)
Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change…
Little Darlings (1980)
Two 15-year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.
Nijinsky (1980)
A ballet dancer struggles with his homosexuality and the increasing allure of a young ballerina who seeks to draw him away from his domineering lover.
Forbidden Zone (1980)
A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine. When Frenchy slips through the door, King…
Defiance (1980)
Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman and though…
Brave New World (1980)
A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt…